TWICE！
The Montreal Olympic Sports Centre has a 20m (65ft) diving board. That’s twice the Olympic height. Why would anyone need that? ◾ The Centre: https://parcolympique.qc.ca/centresportif/en/ ◾ Thanks to @Lysanne Richard
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I did ask, and no, I couldn’t throw the 360° camera down at the same time!
The precision of diving from so high and landing so smoothly in water is incredible! I have been dropped on my back in water enough from just a meter enough to be scared of 2 meters for life, let alone 20 meters!
The self control it takes to throw yourself off a 20m high drop is incredible. I’ve done rappelling (aka abseiling) from that height, on an open wall where I was hanging free. Even knowing all the safety equipment was perfect it took a lot of self control to overcome my brain telling me to not do it.
Believe it or not skydiving was actually easier despite the altitude being magnitudes greater. At that height the fall just seemed less real than 20m.
Well done Tom! As a person who is also afraid of heights you are an inspiration. And imagine, you actually conducted an entire interview at the same time, incredible.
Often when i see images and videos of old stadiums from previous Olympics, it’s almost always horror stories of empty stadiums left to fall apart from disuse. So seeing one that is not only still fully usable, but accessible to the public, is a breath of fresh air. And the fact that it’s from the 90’s just makes it even cooler to me.
I could sit down and dangle my legs at that 20m board but my body would physically not allow me to jump down there. What she’s doing is nuts, props to her.
Mad respect for that lady. 41 and diving 20 metres like it’s nothing.
Absolute mad lad.
I was lucky enough to go visit the Olympic Park and that Pool when I was a kid and I remember very vividly seeing just the concrete diving platforms and wondering how anyone could be brave enough to jump off of those. Absolute respect for Lysanne!
As a Quebecer I am so happy with your little ”Québec series” with Sherbrooke and now Montreal. Happy to have you here and hope you enjoyed your trip!
I do the other type of diving (going under the water instead of high above it) and this has really helped to put the depth into perspective.
I’m only qualified to go 18m down but it doesn’t actually feel that deep. Then when I see her jump off a 20m platform it looks way higher than I thought it would.
I always wanted to try jumping from higher than 10m but then again I already have to push myself hard to jump from there. Huge respect to Lysanne for still doing this at 41!
As a Quebecer I am so happy with your little ”Québec series” with Sherbrooke and now Montreal. Happy to have you here and hope you enjoyed your trip!
Holy cow! She’s 41, has had three kids, doesn’t look a day over 25, is a world-level athlete, and is fearless, intelligent, and quite jovial. Now THERE’S an outstanding example of a person.
The performers from Cirque du Soleil are a different breed and a different level. Once they finish performing, life must feel a bit dull unless you obviously start jumping off cliffs in your spare time. Respect to this lady!
So happy to see you in my home country, Tom, and for showing off the continued legacy of our old Olympic infrastructure! And I’m pleased you were shown around by such kind (and informative, and talented!) Quebecois – Lysanne in particular is incredible ❤
The 2 lanyards on your harness are there in order to stay 100% tied off at all times. You only need to have 1 lanyard attached. You hook the second lanyard while transitioning to another area then remove the previous lanyard to continue. There should have never been a moment you were not tied off during that climb.
I always wanted to try jumping from higher than 10m but then again I already have to push myself hard to jump from there. Huge respect to Lysanne for still doing this at 41!
Thanks for the chat Tom! It was a pleasure meeting you and have a chance to talk about my sport!
What an amazing episode, we were getting bits of information about the sport and the facility while the suspense was building up until the dive. Fun to watch!
This is one of the most interesting ones I have watched. Thank you for this. I grew up in Montreal and worked at the 1976 Olympics. So glad to hear the facility is still relevant. As I recall, the pool was also used to train scuba divers for police and military at one point in time.
Tom, your ability to find interesting stories to tell, hidden in plain sight, will never cease to amaze me. I’ve lived in Montreal for 24 years now, and had no idea either of the things you’ve explored in your two Quebec videos existed here. Hoping you filmed a few more videos during your visit to Quebec, so I can learn about more nearby things I never knew about. Keep up the great work!
Tom, your ability to find interesting stories to tell, hidden in plain sight, will never cease to amaze me. I’ve lived in Montreal for 24 years now, and had no idea either of the things you’ve explored in your two Quebec videos existed here. Hoping you filmed a few more videos during your visit to Quebec, so I can learn about more nearby things I never knew about. Keep up the great work!
I couldn’t even go out on that gantry with a harness let alone jump off it. Massive respect to that awesome diver and also Tom for even setting foot on it
I’ve been to Montreal only a couple of times, but it’s hard to forget that Olympic stadium. It dominates the skyline. There’s a funicular that runs diagonally up the spine of the spire and takes you to the very top, where you can get an amazing view of the whole city.
Now I want to go to Montreal again 😕
For the curious: “In 2015, Laso Schaller broke the cliff jumping world record. He jumped 58.8m (192ft) off the Cascata del Salto in Switzerland, reaching an eye-watering 76.4mph (122.31kmh) in the moments before he hit the water. “
Holy, we live literally a couple of blocks away from the Olympic Stadium—super cool to know we have that high diving facility inside! Hope you enjoyed Montreal, Tom!
Huge respect for the athlete. Not said: “I do it now, because I can’t stop.” When you get accustomed to that level of stimulation, it’s hard to give it up.
I went to that planform one time for work and i can tell you it’s much scarier in real life than the video lets it appear and i’m not scared of heights. So good job Tom for going there!
In the Army, we decided to do the Combat Water Survival Test using the 10M board. Just to dial it up. It didn’t seem that high until you go up there. Then you had to blindfold your self and walk the plank to drop (w/ all your gear, you have to hit the bottom, un do every equipment and swim back up). That walk, it did have a high pucker factor.
Usually it’s hard to get scale conveyed through a screen, but as soon as you tilted the camera up to that thing attached to the roof I felt actually terrified. I’m not scared of heights but there is no way I would ever even think of jumping off that. People really are so diverse
Jumping from 5 meters feels like falling for eternity. There is this uncomfortable moment where you start thinking “I’ve been in the air for long enough now” and you keep falling anyways.
There is no way I would voluntarily jump from 20 meters, let alone perform some artistic stunt. Massive respect to her!
As someone terrified of heights, I remember standing on a diving platform and realizing that it isn’t just the height of the platform that is frightening, but that you can see all the way down to the bottom of the pool. It makes you feel like you are that much higher up.
I’m used to 8~10m jumps and I jumped from a ~13m cliff once.
The difference was insane. Anything flat against the surface was in huge pain (foot sole, elbow, under jaw) even with shoes and wetsuit (wetsuit that was ripped apart). my neck got hurt and was stuck for days and my ear-drum got damaged.
I don’t know how anyone can jump from more than that.
As a native of Montréal I could not help but laugh at the “winter can be harsh” statement.
“Just to set your expectations, I’m not jumping from that tower today”. You know your fanbase too well, Scott! I was definitely keen for another “Scott faces his fears” video, haha.